Valve.



A. R, PRIBIL.

VALVE;

APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1912.

Patented July 29, 1913.

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ALEXIS n. PRIBIL, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNon To PENBERTI-IY INJEoTon 00., or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or MICHIGAN.

VALVE.

citizen f the United States, residing at.

.Detroit,--in the'county of Wayne and State 5 of Michigan, have invented a new and use ful Valve, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention has reference to improvements invalves, and its object is to providea fluid tight seal for the valve stem where passing through the bonnet of the valve, which shall become automatically fluid tight without the use of any of the packings commonlyemployed for the purpose. The valve as a; whole may be of any suitable type, since the valve casing, valve seat and valve member coacting with the seat and the general means for operating the valve member to close the device against the passageof finid, or to open it for. the passage of fluid form no part of the present invention, which latter comprises a means-whereby the valve stem Where emerging .from the valve bonnet is provided with a fluid seal so arranged that While the valve. stem is quitetree to be turned is-desired, still the escape of fluid under pressure about the valve stem is prevented by an accumulation of liquid, such'as water, by condensation-orotherwise,

which is pocketed in the path of-fluid under pressure tending to escapein a manner ,pre-

' venting such escape while the resistance to' the turnin or the valve'stem present when compress'e packing is employed is wholly avoided. 7

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection -'w1th the accompanying drawlng forming-a part of 'thisspecification, with the further understandingthat while the invention is shown the drawings in' practical form, it is by no means limited to any exact conformity with'the showing of thedrawings, since .the invention may. be used with other typ'es of valves than the particular type shown in the drawingand may be variously changed and modified :so. long as such changes and modifibatitinsmarkno material departure from the salient features of the.

nal diametric of 41 known type of valve withthe invention applied, some parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a sec Specification of Letters Patent.

ii .tion on the line 2'-2 of Patented July 29, 19.13.

i 5 Application filed March 18,1912. Serial No. 684,530.

I. Fig. 1 with distant parts omitted. Fig. 3is a fragmentary sec- 7 tron on a larger scale than the other figures,

, of the portion of the valve structure" wherein the present invention is located.

Referring to the drawings, there" is shown a-member 1 constituting the body or casing of a valve of the globe type and as the structure of such portlonof valves of this type is well known detailed description of the valve is deemed unnecessary. there is formed a valve seat 2 to which is adapted a closing member 3 usually referred to as a valve. The member 3 is carried by an axially movable non-rotative stem memberft having internal screw threads with which there. is engaged the externally threaded end 5 of a valve stem6. The caslVithin the casing 1 ing 1 is formed as usual with a neck/{ ations side in line with a valve seat 2, and this neck 7 has secured thereto a valve bonnet 8 by a clamp ring 9 as is customary in valves of the type illustrated. The exterior of the nonrotatable' valve stem member 4; is made noncircular and in the particular illustration of the drawing is made hexagonal, as indicated at 10, while the portion of the bonnet 8 traversed by the member 4 is similarly shaped to permit axial movement of the member 4 but prevent rotation thereof about its longitudinal axis.

That end of the bonnet 8 remote from the neck 7 has an axial passage 11 theret} rough of lessdiameter than the internal diameter of the bonnet, and about this passage the bonnet is formed with an annular head 12 directed toward the end of the bonnet attached to the neck 7. Because of the direction of project-ion'of the head 12 andj its annular orm it may be termed an inward. axially extending bead ring immediately surrounding the valve stem" passage 11 in the bonnet B in spaced relation to the innerwall of the bonnet. Furthermore, the free end of the bead 12 is rounded, as indicated at 13, although such'rounded form in cross section is not A mandatory so long as the functions hereinafter set forth are accomplished. 5 That portion of the valve stem 6 exterior? .tothe bonnet 8 is screw threaded, as indi I cated at.14, and-there receives nuts 15 'gure .1 is a longitudi- The nuts 15 engage a spring tension washer 17 and hold the same against the correspond-' {which may be adjusted by thenuts one of which is employed to tension the spring ing or'outer end of the bonnet 8 with a force washer and the other of which serves as a lock nut. That portion of the valve stem 6 Within the bonnet 8 adjacent the bead ring 12 is laterally enlarged as indicated at v mately V shape 1n cross section, but such 18, and that end of the enlar ement pre sented toward the bead 12 is formedwith an annulargroove 19 shown as of approxi the grooves. coact to form a substantially contacting surfaces of closed chamber within the narrowportion of the groove, while the groove when of'substantially V-shape in cross section serves to: center the valve stem'with relation to the bead, the bead and groove being held in contact by the action of the spring Washer 17, 30

The valve stem member 4 fits easily in the passage provided therefor in the bonnet 8, and consequently fluid under pressure may find its way into the interior of the bonnet 8 and ultimately to the enlargement 18, from whence it tends to flow by way of the groove 19 about the bead l2 and out of the bonnet through the passage 11. If it be assumed that steam or water be the fluid passing through the valve, then in the case of steam condensation occurs, and in either case any tendency of the fluid to pass by the bead 12 will cause a pocketing of water in that portion of the V-groove closed in by the bead 12, wherefore this porch, of the groove forms an annular pocln,v or bucket for water and the capillary attraction of the ...e bead and Walls of the groove for the Water causes the latter to eiiectually resist any tendency of the fluid under pressure to blow out at these points.

The seal is actuallydouble, being. present at both walls of the groove where-engaged by opposite sides of the end '13 of the bead -12. That portion of the groove 19'closed in by the head 12 may ultimately become filled with water or other liquid and, therefore, both lines of contact of the bead with the walls of the groove are maintained constantly wet, not only effectually sealing the interior of the bonnet against the escape of steam or water or other fluid under pressure through. the passage atthe corresponding end of the bonnet provided for the exit of the valve steer but this liquid seal may also serve as a lubricant thus to a corresponding the groove.

the. turning 'of the valve stem at the points of engagement ofthe bead 12 with the walls of the groove 19. It is to be observed that the bead 12 engages the walls of the groove '19 only at spaced points, leaving Within the groove an annular chamber in the form of a bucket or pocket designed to contain a suitable amount of liquid to cause the sealing both adjacent to the interior of the bonnet and to the passage through which the valve stem extends to the exterior of the bonnetfl The present invention is applicable to valves where themanipulating end of the valve, stem rotates but does not move progressively, and where the closing member of the valve moves progressively but does not rotate. 2

\Vhat is claimed is v '1. A valve provided with a rotatable valve stem, a bonnet through which the stem extends, and means for holding the stem against longitudinal movement while being rotated, said-stem and bonnet having coacting parts, one entering the other and together shaped to define a substantially closed pocket for receiving and-retaining liquid in sealing relation to said coacting parts.

2. A valve provided with a bonnet and a rotatable valve stem traversing said bonnet and having means for holding it against axial movement, thebonnet and'valve stem being provided with ooacting parts contacting at spaced points and shaped to define a pocket between said spaced points positioned with relation to the valve to receive liquid by gravitation, and one of said parts being rotatable with the valve stem with respect to the other part, whereby liquid in said re ceptaele will constitute a liquid seal against passage of fluid under pressure from the interior of' the bonnet to the exterior thereof through the pocket, and the liquidwill also act as a lubricant for said coasting parts.

4. A valve having a bonnet with an axially extended interior annular bead, and a valve stem' extending through the bonnet 1'25 and provided with a laterally enlarged portion having an annular groove opening upwardly when the valve is in an upright po= sition and entered by the bead, the groove having the side walls approaching toward 13o the bottom and the bead being rounded' to engage concentric portions of the Walls of the groove, and means for constantly retaining the bead in. engaged relation with the walls of the grdofie, the valve stem being rotatable without longitudinal movement.

5. A valve having a rotatable valve stem, and a bonnet through which the valvestein extends, said bonnet having an axially extended interior annular bead about the valve stem-and the latter being provided with an annular groove adapted to receive the bead and of a shape to receive the bead for but a portion of the depth of the groove, and

means for retaining the bead in engaging relation with the Walls of the groove, said means comprising an elastic member, and

adjusting means on the valve stem, said elastic member engaging the bonnet.

6. A valve provided with a bonnet having an interior. bead conoentric withthe longitudinal axis of the bonnet, a valve stem provided with an annular enlarged portion having a groove therein with. approaching walls adapted to receive the bead and contact therewith at radial spaced portions, and means in operative relation to the valve stem and bonnet and exterior to the latter for holding the bead and walls of the groove in constant engagement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXIS R. PRIBIL.

\Vitnesses:

.LoUIs F. MILLS,

RANDALL H. MITCHELL.

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